7minz49secz in east falmouth, mass. telling
a short version of the story

a case of love at first sight..

you can help solve this mystery..

do you or anyone you know, know of a woman
whose maiden name was dawn eloway or don elloway,

(spelling was never one of my strong
suits);

born around 1957

whose father may have been in the air force
and stationed

at otis air force base on cape cod around
the late summer/ early fall of 1963 when the family was transfered?

the story goes like this:

on the 2nd day of 1st grade the entire class was lead to
the art room for art class. .at that time all the desks were in pairs of two
facing the blackboard, & we were told to pick a seat

as i walked up to one desk in the middle of the room, i
looked up & into the face & eyes of one of the most beautiful
little girlsi'd ever seen who'd arriving at the
paired desk right next to mine..she had brown/auburn hair & open warm
excited eyes, she was wearing a purple flowery print dress & as we both sat
down our eyes locked on one another, it was obviously, without a word being
spoken, a case of love at first sight... the next few weeks were blissful..
except for the fact that she was caucasian & i was of mixed race & her
parents seemed to be racist & this was 1963,[ 2 months before kennedy was
shot ] dawn & i met after school & took long walks home taking the
long way thru the little patch of woods behide her house..just strolling,
holding hands, & talking

thoroughly enjoying being in one anothers company..one
day

it was a half day of school and we spent the
afternoon

laying around in the tall grass of this field half way
between our two houses.. in the long silences it seemed we knew the whole world,
the truth of all things, as we lost ourselves in one anothers eyes &
embrace...& the wisdom of two 6 year old souls faced with the insanity of
racism ; our understanding was unspoken...

within a few days after that she told me her dad was being
transfered.. something that happened alot in our neighbor hood because just
about every family in the area were air force familys... the morning came when
she was to leave...

my sister walked me to her house.. i knocked on the door

& she answered... we said our good byes thru the glass
& screen... her father came to the door & when he saw me he

grabbed her out of the way screamed some cuss words &
slammed the door...

i stepped back & at that moment promised myself that
when i grew up i would find her...

over the years i've looked & searched on the internet
from time to time...

last year i even had a friend who's partner is a private
detective do a search.. to no avail...

then i realized i could put together this webpage

it's only been 43 years since then...

wouldn't it be cool

if we could all live happily ever
after

any help is welcomed

(310) 869- 2454 email@ davidalexanderenglish.com

east falmouth elementary school, cape
cod, massachusetts

where dawn/don(?) & i met on
the second day of 1st grade in the art room, mr. rapoza's art
class...